Depressed, man kills kids, ends life

New Delhi, February 9

A 44-year-old man allegedly killed his daughter and son before ending his life by jumping in front of a Delhi metro train at Haiderpur Badli Mor station on Sunday.

No suicide note has been recovered, but the police claimed that the man, Madhur Malani, was depressed since his sandpaper-manufacturing factory was closed some six months ago due to financial crunch leaving him jobless. Madhur’s parents had been supporting his family financially since then. He used to stay with his wife Rupali, daughter Samiksha (14) and six-year-old son Shraiyans at a rented house in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area, they said.

Rupali was not at home when Madhur strangled their children. He might have also smothered their daughter, but the exact cause of death would be ascertained only after the post-mortem reports arrive, a police official said. — PTI